Abstract:A letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster responding to the latter's attempt to lobby for perpetual statutory copyright. The letter mentions that revision of the copyright law is being considered and expresses some reservations of the concept of copyright as a natural property right.

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Bibliography:

Unger, H.G. Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.

Webster, Noah. 'Origin of the Copy-right Laws of the United States.' In A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary and Moral Subjects. New York: Webster & Clark, 1843.

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